Iran 
In numbers.
4.5m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Oct–Jan
Best months
450m
Elevation
The water at Ab Pari Waterfall, month by month
It roars from October to December.
The fullest months: from October to December. The thinnest: from May to August.
- 8.1 m³/sJan
- 7.6 m³/sFeb
- 7.8 m³/sMar
- 6.2 m³/sApr
- 3.1 m³/sMay
- 1.4 m³/sJun
- 1.1 m³/sJul
- 1.5 m³/sAug
- 4.5 m³/sSep
- 10 m³/sOct
- 13 m³/sNov
- 9.7 m³/sDec
From about 1.1 m³/s in the lowest month to 13 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from October to January.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Nur County, Iran
Ab Pari Waterfall is a waterfall on the Galand River, in Iran.
Getting there.
- Tāshkūh-e Soflánearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
- Nowshahr Airport (NSH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 45 km in a straight line
- From October to Januarybest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 161 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 256 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Tāshkūh-e Soflá9.4 km in a straight line
- Vanūsh10 km in a straight line
- ‘Abbāsā10 km in a straight line
- Shahr Kolā11 km in a straight line
- Rūyān11 km in a straight line
- Nūr14 km in a straight line
- Chamestān18 km in a straight line
- ‘Abdollāhābād19 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 13 |
| Night °C | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 64 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 38 | 84 | 129 | 128 | 82 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (450 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 123% | 237% | 142% | 220% | 139% | 45% | 86% | 292% | 50% | 58% | 155% | 129% |
| 2021 | 65% | 72% | 111% | 12% | 319% | 46% | 174% | 21% | 72% | 140% | 143% | 37% |
| 2022 | 198% | 89% | 132% | 25% | 234% | 7% | 167% | 26% | 111% | 58% | 30% | 192% |
| 2023 | 59% | 151% | 116% | 73% | 496% | 145% | 182% | 89% | 139% | 148% | 119% | 139% |
| 2024 | 159% | 191% | 32% | 79% | 471% | 301% | 68% | 35% | 109% | 145% | 80% | 54% |
| 2025 | 60% | 114% | 80% | 43% | 44% | 45% | 16% | 22% | 65% | 58% | 10% | 233% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ab Pari Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- 4.5 m³/sAverage flow
- Oct–JanBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5898565) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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